Malcolm X

Malcolm X was one of the most passionate, black-rights activists in American history. It is the isolation, confusion, and pain that he experienced in his past that fueled his ability to inspire the masses. Malcolm X gave African Americans a hope that one day they would no longer be looked down upon and treated unfairly because of the color of their skin. Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. He was the son …

…life: racial inequality and hatred. This is what he grew up in, and this was what he knew. Malcolm needed to see for himself that that life can, and does, thrive without a constant struggle over the superiority of one race over another. Once he experienced this in Mecca he tried to bring that feeling of brotherhood among races back to the United States. Unfortunately he was assassinated before his greatest works could be completed.